Wingnut, by Wingnut

[The Rat]

Going through some of my old posts, trying to replace photo links that were lost due to the offspring of unmarried parents at photobucket, and found out that I had never done a proper post of this one. As many of you remember, when Wingnut Wings first started up, a lot of the WWI modelers were over the moon with joy, and quite rightly, given the high level of accuracy that they apparently present. But, predictably, there were those who just couldn't be glad, but had to dominate the boards with their personal opinions and hopes. This 'model' was intended to have a little fun while tweaking their noses a bit. Enjoy, or not, whatever...



Designed by Professor H.E. Lix of Auger Industries, this was an attempt to make an uncomplicated non-explosive weapon that would cause damage simply with kinetic energy. The principle was that the slightly offset fins would spin-stabilise it into a flat bottomed stomper. A hole in the centre assisted in stability by allowing air through instead of forcing it around the sides. The hole was designed with a curve inside to assist with the spin. The idea was that if it landed on something it was flattened and if the target went into the centre it was still screwed. After brief testing the concept was dropped when costs began to spiral.







I don't have enough references to check the accuracy of this particular offering, but it looks close enough to me, and Wingnut models are known for their accuracy.  Assembly was easy and consisted of simply opening the plastic bag.  After a coating of Tamiya white primer painting was completed with Tamiya Red X-7.  I chose the hi-viz colour scheme of the second test article, which was much more colourful than the olive drab of #1.





The decals were ever so slightly out of register but otherwise accurate.  All in all it was a pleasant and fairly quick build.

[JayBee]

What scale is the model? 

[NARSES2]

What scale is the model? 

1/32 of course 

Lovely one Ratty 

[Rheged]

Whitworth, BA or metric ?

[kitnut617]

Whitworth, BA or metric ?

More likely AF  (it's North American you know    )

[Tophe]

Wow! This is reaching a very high level in what-if spirit!

[major]

Brilliant! Just Brilliant!

Think one done in a 'WHIF' service scheme would be a nice contrast companion. 

[The Rat]

What scale is the model? 

It was 'bag scale', but as Chris said it's pretty close to 1/32nd.

[zenrat]

Very good.